Samuel Gawith Drop is on at SmokingPipes

[Oddball]

He's right, almost all of my hard to get blends I've gotten with a similar set up

 

[Waning Embers]

My experience is that B&M's, where ever they are, are the way to go if you're looking for "hard to find" stuff. You just have to be a "regular" customer.

Same

Worked that way for years, and I have a good stock of it, now nicely aged, from before Esoterica went to hell around 2020-21.

Same reason all of my GH/SG is pre 2018.

 

[tmc]

To those that missed out on St. James and Cabbie’s, I just came to my senses and cancelled my order. Also, I noticed the Per Jensen blends were available so I stocked up. Not sure when the cancelled tins will be returned to available inventory, but you’re welcome. FYI, when I adjusted my order I was told there is a drop of G&H coming next Tuesday. I’m not sure if this was publicized, or if I just joined the cool kids club.

Now it’s time to crack open my last tin of St. James and bid farewell to ol’ Sammy G.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Wanted to get a bit of Cabbie's as well. I love SP, but allowing people to buy 25 tins at a time means that the pipe tobacco hoarders, scalpers and walking dead scoop up the inventory to the detriment of sp's wider customer base. Indeed, SP can conduct business as it wishes and selling the product is, of course, the ultimate business goal but it seems penny-wise and pound-foolish to not expand the customer base and, instead, have what can only be a small minority of said customers to monopolize and hoard the products.

Yup.
I hope they’re still making it by the time I’m able to get some.
I really want to try it, but I’ll be dammed if I’ll reward any scalper.

 

[blametony]

Did any online retailers other than SmokingPipes get Gawith today?

 

[jpberg]

The distributor sells first.

 

[blametony]

I saw that Oxford has. I assumed others got inventory.

 

[Contrarian_King]

My email alert worked just fine and I was able to buy 5 tins of cabbies after missing it last time, after a 20ish minute wait. I figured a drop was coming after the new HU blends were offered up a few weeks ago; Just makes sense that Gawith would have come over if HU did as well. My condolences to those that succumbed to a skill issue.

 

[WerewolfOfLondon]

And our retailers here packed to the rafters with the stuff. And for good reason, one of the most over rated blending houses.

 

[ak2000]

Expensive!

 

[dottlejockey]

I saw that Oxford has. I assumed others got inventory.

I saw this earlier, too, but only because i was searching for an alternate site for the new Per Jensen stuff. While it turned out they didn't have the one i wanted most (Brothers In Arms), but they did have some Chocolate Flake burnt ends, which i grabbed a box of.

 

[blametony]

I saw this earlier, too, but only because i was searching for an alternate site for the new Per Jensen stuff. While it turned out they didn't have the one i wanted most (Brothers In Arms), but they did have some Chocolate Flake burnt ends, which i grabbed a box of.

Have you had Bob's? I'm curious how much they differ.

 

[Auxsender]

Have you had Bob's? I'm curious how much they differ.

Bobs is better in my opinion. From my recollection Bob’s has more chocolate, less Latakia, which I prefer.

 

[Puff nstuff]

Thanks for the heads up, OP! I was able to get some tins of things I've been wanting to try for years, including St. James and Sam's Flake.

 

[lupy1234]

missed out on Golden Glow. It's insane they have a 25 tin max on Cabbie's... unless they have a ton of it.

It's dumb...many smaller retailers were not able to get their full orders

 

[craig61a]

I’ve got more than enough…

 

[dottlejockey]

Have you had Bob's? I'm curious how much they differ.

Have been smoking both for years.

Bob’s has more chocolate, less Latakia

I concur. Bob's is mellower and sweeter, less funk. Personally, i like 'em both.

 

[forloveoffreedom]

Has Cabbies roll cut been released before? It’s coins??

 

[irishearl]

Expensive!

Yup, much too rich for my blood. Years ago when FVF was set at a reasonable price, I smoked it regularly. That and Best Brown were the only blends of theirs's I smoked. But, don't miss them.

 

[larryspencer]

Well I should check my emails regularly, didn't find out about the drop until 1130 am. So there I went to the que, then onward to score some Cabbies, but to no avail, settled on some tins of St James Flake. I agree, 25 tin limit!